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Acer clearly sees Windows as a business proposition, and at MWC was reinforcing that feeling with new offers on the Liquid Jade Primo smartphone (Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”). We saw the Jade Primo at IFA and again at CES, connected to a monitor via a docking station and effectively being used … Read more
SK Telecom is a major telco in South Korea, and signal transport was its main focus at MWC. This covered data – the company had a 5G demo area in the middle of the stand – and video, with an 8k encoding demonstration towards the rear. The encoder that SKT has developed is capable of … Read more
Canonical was promoting Ubuntu Core (launched late-2014): a version of the OS for IoT devices. Advantages include reliability (failed updates will automatically revert back to the original version) and security (apps cannot interact with each other to, i.e. use a camera). Core can be run on multiple platforms, and a new partner, Screenly, was using … Read more
Justin Kennington has been named director of strategic and technical marketing at AptoVision. The Montreal-based company provides advanced chipsets for AV/KVM signal extension, matrix switching, IP-based switching, video-wall and multi-view applications. Kennington was previously technology manager of DigitalMedia at Crestron.
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is supporting the LiveIP Project (a collaboration between the EBU and Belgian public broadcaster VRT) in moving to open protocols for media over IP in TV broadcasting. On the 15th January, VRT accomplished trial remote production of a live music concert over IP. It was said to be … Read more
Panasonic showed its new flagship LCD TV, the DX900, at CES this year (Panasonic uses ‘Honeycomb’ for HDR), but no other finished TVs were present. However, the company has now revealed the its European TV line up for 2016, starting with a renamed version of the DX900 called the DX902. The DX902 is, as far … Read more
DVIGear won an ISE 2016 Best of Show Award from NewBay Media’s AV Technology Magazine, for its AV-Over-10GbE signal distribution platform DisplayNet. DisplayNet is a new concept for AV distribution that leverages 10GbE technology to switch, extend and distribute uncompressed AV signals in real time, with resolutions up to UltraHD.
Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has postulated that the always-on OLED display on Samsung’s Galaxy S7 (Samsung Chooses VR, Cameras and Gaming) will “significantly” reduce the need and demand for a smartwatch, because the device itself offers similar and better functionality. “As a result, smartwatches are an endangered species”, he said. Analyst Comment LG has built … Read more
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has surprised market watchers by launching a phone with a display that is curved on both edges; it’s only the second non-Samsung model with this feature, along with the Blackberry Priv. The Xplay 5 will be available – in China only, for now – in two flavours. The first will be … Read more
BOE has filed a statement disclosing that its new G6 LTPS fab in Chengdu, China (BOE Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony) will be used to produce flexible OLEDs. The company is working with the Chengdu Municipal Government (which is an investor) and says that the fab will have two lines, both with a monthly capacity of 24,000 … Read more
LG has announced that it plans to start using OLED displays for its flagship phones by the second half of 2017. LG Display is expected to start producing OLEDs for LG’s mobile phones, rather than LG purchasing the panels from domestic rival Samsung Display. The firm is building a flexible OLED fab in South Korea … Read more
Hisense was showing several new smartphones, two of which – in the company’s quest to become a premium international brand – featured AMOLED displays: the C1 and A1. The Hisense C1 is the first with the new Vision UI 2.0, Hisense’s own reskin of Android 5.1. This runs on a 1.36GHz octa-core Mediatek processor. The … Read more
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